Hallmark Channel's Love On Ice (2017)

A former figure skating champion (Julie Berman) gets an improbable second shot to reclaim glory when a young coach sees greatness in her. -WWW

Director: Bradley Walsh

Writer:  Matthew Coppola

Emily James showed great promise as a figure skater, but has not been in the public eye in eight years, then when she stopped skating competitively without a public statement as to why. Now, she lives in Lakeville, Michigan, where she grew up, works as a waitress at Hildy's Gourmet Café owned by her deceased mother's best friend Hildy Perdy who has always been a second mother to her, and teaches group skating to children. Emily's decision to quit competitive skating was not because she lost her love for the activity, as demonstrated by the fact that she is at the rink every every morning before it opens, skating for her own pleasure, and by she always willing to help Dave Shelton, the rink/skate shop manager, with skating parties. One of her former child pupils, Nikki Lee, is where Emily was eight years ago: the face of figure skating future. A young man, Spencer Patterson, has just been hired as Nikki's new coach, he who is to take her to a gold medal at the upcoming regionals. If ... Written by Huggo (imdb)

CAST:


Julie Berman ... Emily James
Andrew W. Walker ... Spencer Patterson (as Andrew Walker)
Linda Kash ... Hildy Perdy
 Ana Golja ...         Nikki Lee
Gail O'Grady ... Mia Lee
Neil Crone ... Dave Shelton
Ipsita Paul ... Lindsay Tuttle
Laura Miyata ... Cate Dunlow
Kate Drummond ... Leslie Adams
 Jim Watson ... Mark Flynn
 Nneka Elliott ... Announcer 

My reaction is just short and simple:  Let no one tell you that you are too old to follow your dreams.

Julie Berman reminds of Rachel McAdams, Hilary Swank and Jennifer Garner.  There are some others, including Genie Francis when she(Julie) was little, but those three actors/actresses are the ones she remind me most of.  She acts well too.  

The long and short of it, it's more of a skating and "comeback" movie than a love story, but love is present in many forms in this movie.

It's not ICE CASTLES or CUTTING EDGE or any other blockbuster movies, but it is beautiful in its own way...yes, with its own uniqueness.